What is IceWarp?
IceWarp is a suite of email and collaboration tools developed by IceWarp Ltd. that organizations can host on their own servers and infrastructure. It provides a range of capabilities including:
- Email with webmail, POP3, IMAP, mobile sync, spam filtering
- Shared calendars, contacts, tasks
- Team chat and instant messaging
- File storage, sharing, and synchronization
- Document editing and collaboration
- Voice over IP phone system
IceWarp is positioned as an on-premises alternative to products like Microsoft Exchange or cloud-based tools like Office 365 and G Suite. It gives organizations control and customization over email, contacts, calendaring, team chat, documents, and more within their own IT environment. This can appeal to companies and sectors that have security, compliance, or governance requirements for keeping data on-premises.
Some key benefits of IceWarp include its broad feature set, integration capabilities, scalability options including multi-server deployment, and lower licensing costs compared to other proprietary solutions. Overall it provides a full-featured collaboration environment that organizations can host themselves.
Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, Zimbra Collaboration Suite, WikiSuite, Kerio Connect, grommunio, Wimi, Kolab Community, Nextcloud Hub, Kolab Now, Ripcord, Samepage, greenbox, Alinto, Mailsite are some alternatives to IceWarp.